Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook

I assume that you did your entertainment duty last night and voted. We voted for seven of the ten. We did not vote for Kinnik Sky, Heather Cox or Brenna Gethers. I think two of those three are going home on Thursday. I think that Mandisa did the best last night.

Switching gears slightly... Did you notice that after Simon told Paula that she was really bugging him that they were separated? After the commercial break, Randy was sitting between the two of them. I found it particularly ironic that Randy then started touching Simon in the next round of comments. Kids! Keep your hands to yourself. Don't you make me come back there and split you up!

My final Idol question for the day is: what is the purpose of having Randy and Paula say anything after the contestants perform? Let's recap every comment:

Randy: Yo, dawg. Ehhhhhhhhh. It was like... O - K. Dude, ok, check it ou-, check it out. You know... I was like, ok. And in this competition, you need to bring it. And dude... you know, it just -- it wasn't the right song for me. Sorry, dawg.

Paula: You are so cute. I love your shoes and you are so ... cute. I could just ... squeeze you. I don't think that was the right song, but I love you!

Then Simon finally says something relevant. Whether people like what he has to say or not, he's the only one of the three who actually says anything at all. And he's usually exactly right.